Display rack



March 15, 1927. 1,621,465

J. C. HAMMES Filed June 2, 1925 Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

' ui'rslo JOHN c. HAMMES, or nns MOINES, Iowa.

1,21 ,465 icE.

DISPLAY, RACK.

Application filed June 2,

disturbance of other goods likewise carried in the same rack.

A further feature of the invention is to provide a rack of this type which may be either secured to a shelf or may be placed loosely thereon, so that the latter case, all the specimens of cloth may bemoved to and from the shelf as a unit, whereby a considerable saving is attained by rearranging the bolts upon the display rack at the counter after service before removing the whole to the shelf. f

V Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dis play rack formed according to my invention,

' with a bolt of cloth represented thereon in its usual position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rack.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified design of the rack.

Fig. 4 is a further perspective view of another modified form. r

In the form of the rack represented in Fig. 1, a single piece of wire is employed by being bent through a semi-circle 10 near one end, then after a. short base tangent 11 at a foot angle 12 out of the plane, with a tangent 13 leading to an apex are 14, and another tangent 15, thence to another foot angle 16, and into the base tangent 17 to a semi-circle 18, after which the succession of angles, arcs, tangents and semi-circles continues until aregular series of members is provided, preferably all of uniform size and uniformly spaced, as shown by the arcs 14, 14 14, 14. It is likewise preferred that a single horizontal plane shall be formed by the semi-circles 10, 18, etc., and

tangents 11, 17, etc. and that on "a shelf, these semi-circles and tangents shall rest upon the shelf itself as a support for the rack. The humps or loops formed by the tangents 13, 15 and the arts 14 are usually arranged in vertical planes at right angles to the shelf and are of such dimensions that the distance between the outside of the'wire 1926; Serial No; 113,190. V g

at the angles 12, 16, isless than theinside W1dth of the boltof cloth, i. e., for example the width of the cardboard upon which the bolt is wound. The tangents 13, 15 prefer ably converge upwardly.

The cloth is usually wound with a stiffener such as cardboard or the like, for example, in the'form of a flattened tube and the inside diameter of this tube when flattened is preferably greater thanthe distance from 12 to 16 so that the bolt of goods may be stood in an upright position with the loops 13, 14, 15 projecting into the inside of the tube, so that the bolt of goods'is supported in an upright position with its front edge 20 presented to view; of the customer and sales pers'on'to display the color and pattern of'the goods. It will be understood that it 'is' customary to. provide narrow bands 21 of paper to maintain the bolts against unwinding. 1

If desired, the distances between the successive arcs 14 may be substantially the same as the thickness of a bolt of cloth, so

that the bolt may be placed therebetween in a horizontal position as shown at H in dotted lines in Fig. 1; or in a vertical position as shown at V figure.

According to the modified vice shown in Fig. 3, the semi-circles are replaced by the ,angularly bent connecting bridges 20, and the arcs at the top by the flattened top portions 21. Otherwise the construction and employment of the device is the same as in the preceding modifications. In Fig. 4, a further modifications has been illustrated in which the bridge members 22 in dotted lines in the same form of the dey i are formed as portions ofstraight lines on either side of the device, in parallelism with each other; and theloops terminate in the sharp, arcuate-angled bends 23. struction and employment of the device is otherwise the same as in the first instance.

It isapparent that the device may be made in any size and with any number of loops to accommodate any number of pieces of material or of any predetermined dimen sions and of any given weight; and that any further modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: l

1. A display rack for materials in bolt form comprising. a single piece of wire with bends in both the horizontal plane and successive parallel vertical planes whereby to The conform horizontal supporting portions to rest upon a sup ort, and vertical loops in suc-v cessive parallel planes, said loops being each adapted to be received Within a bolt of said material to support the same in vertical displayed position.

2. A portable display rack for materials in bolt form comprising a single piece of Wire with bends in both the horizontal plane and successive parallel vertical planes whereby toforin'horizontal supporting portions to rest upon a support', and vertical'loops in successive parallel planes, said loops being each formed by upwardly convergent tangent portions of said piece of Wire and being each adapted to be received Within a bolt of said material to support the same in vertical displayed position so that each of said bolts is visible for inspection and may be removed from and replaced on its respective loop independently of all other bolts, and so that said rack and the bolts thereon may be handled as a unit.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

JOHN c. HIAMMESZ. 

